Peanut Butter and Jelly, Cookies and Cream, Shoes and Socks, Bread and Butter, Ham and Cheese. These well-known duos are great examples of two different objects coming together to make a great duo. This relationship is a great representation of Gene and Phineas relationship. Gene and Finny have completely different personalities which makes them such good friends. One friend’s aptitude is the other friends blemish. Because of this, Gene and Finny personalities complement each other. Which means they aren't complete opposites, but close to it.
The best duos must complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses, this is seen with Gene and Finny. Gene is very different from finny. For example, Gene is a very stereotypical adolescent boy, he is self-conscious, jealous, and uncertain. When Gene jounced the limb and made Finny fall, he had no reason to. The incident was out of pure impulse on Gene’s part. Doing something of this high risk would never even come across Finny’s mind. The thing that differs immensely between Gene and Finny is jealousy. Never in the book do we see glimpses of Finny being jealous. Yet, for Gene, it's the whole plot of …show more content…
He is quite the charmer, being charismatic comes easy to him. On the contrary, you can't quite say the same for Gene. Another great trait of Finny's is that he is naturally skilled. Gene is quite jealous of this throughout the book. Things come very easy for him, as seen when he broke the swimming record. But perhaps the most interesting trait that Finny displays, is his vulnerability. He has traits or skills that other people can only dream of attaining, and yet, he is extremely vulnerable. We see this when they are laying on the beach. Finny nakedly tells Gene that he is his best pal, which makes himself quite vulnerable Gene recognizes this and doesn't respond, completely tearing Finny apart. Overall, Finny is a great guy with a soft, weak
The best duos must complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses, this is seen with Gene and Finny. Gene is very different from finny. For example, Gene is a very stereotypical adolescent boy, he is self-conscious, jealous, and uncertain. When Gene jounced the limb and made Finny fall, he had no reason to. The incident was out of pure impulse on Gene’s part. Doing something of this high risk would never even come across Finny’s mind. The thing that differs immensely between Gene and Finny is jealousy. Never in the book do we see glimpses of Finny being jealous. Yet, for Gene, it's the whole plot of …show more content…
He is quite the charmer, being charismatic comes easy to him. On the contrary, you can't quite say the same for Gene. Another great trait of Finny's is that he is naturally skilled. Gene is quite jealous of this throughout the book. Things come very easy for him, as seen when he broke the swimming record. But perhaps the most interesting trait that Finny displays, is his vulnerability. He has traits or skills that other people can only dream of attaining, and yet, he is extremely vulnerable. We see this when they are laying on the beach. Finny nakedly tells Gene that he is his best pal, which makes himself quite vulnerable Gene recognizes this and doesn't respond, completely tearing Finny apart. Overall, Finny is a great guy with a soft, weak